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Mirrors
03:23
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Well I didn't break a mirror this time
It's always
So hard to look myself in the eye, in the eye
Said you shouldn't be with me and I’m sure
That you're right
I don’t know where I'm headed to
But it'll be with someone new
The other day I met an old friend
Well, not just a friend
I guess we dated for a while, for a while
She was thinking of trying me out
One more time
I told her I was trying out a new thing
Trying to get married, maybe kids, maybe something
I never told you
What you did to me
The things I've been thinking about
So when you said you were leaving
I just kept my mouth shut
If you wanted out, then just get out
Well I was walking to the grocery store
Right on time
You passed me with your headphones on, and you were gone
Well I knew it was coming, but I thought I'd be the one
If I knew it was coming, how come I always come undone?
Yeah if I knew it was coming, how come I always come undone?
I never told you
What you did to me
The things I've been thinking about
So when you said you were leaving
I just kept my mouth shut
If you wanted out, then just get out
Oh, I never told you
What you did to me
The things I've been thinking about
So when you said you were leaving
Well I just kept my mouth shut
If you wanted out, then just get out
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2. |
White Noise
02:34
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I got white noise playing in my headphones
And I'm staring at a winter coat
Hung over the back of a chair underneath
Some girl I'll never know
And as she stands up I can just barely see
Some skin between her shirt and her jeans
And I fall in love immediately
I waste half of my money
And all of my time
On white noise, white noise, white noise
I am sitting in my bed alone
Thinking of girls I've known
And how every time I leave them
I regret being on my own
And as I lay down I am warmed by the heat
Of an old love holding me under the sheets
And I get excited like it's the real thing
But it's white noise, white noise, white noise
If I say that I will love you
To the end of both our days
Well I probably don't mean it
It's probably a phase
Well I'd love to be a focused man
And I'd love to have a goddamned plan
But this white noise, white noise, white noise
White noise, white noise, white noise
White noise, white noise, white noise
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3. |
Charlie
04:04
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Red sun glints off his father's watch
He is standing there with white tube socks and Nikes
That he bought new
Arms held upwards and both knees bent
Hands are cradling leather meant for the net
He leans forward slightly
Tuesdays and Fridays Charlie goes to the park
Drives straight from work and leaves when it gets dark
He is forty-five and he knows that he could be a star
He is working on getting his free throw up to par
Children sit on the playground swings
Staring and laughing as Charlie sings to himself
That song she loved
His mind is focused, he does not hear
Their ridicule falls on deaf ears as he shoots
And thinks of her
Tuesdays and Fridays Charlie goes to the park
Drives straight from work and leaves when it gets dark
He is forty-five and he knows that he could be a star
He is working on getting his free throw up to par
Oh, and Charlie knows how it goes
He lost his chance at the ninth grade dance
With Sarah Green, he acted so mean
But now he'll win her back when he shoots that three
Tuesdays and Fridays Charlie goes to the park
Drives straight from work and leaves when it gets dark
He has nothing left but dreams of basketball stars
And the memories of high school and Sarah's strong pale arms
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4. |
Low
03:54
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I've been feeling like a weight on my friends and family
I've been feeling like they don't want to see me
I've been feeling
I've been feeling
I've been working on myself, trying to make it through the day
I've been working on chasing those blues away
I've been working
I've been working
Just say what you mean
You can make a list of scenes
You'd like to act out with me
I kept you around
Thinking you'd keep me from falling down
But look how low I am now
I've been running in circles, I've been running around
I've been running myself into the ground
I've been running
I've been running
Now I'm looking for happiness in a new place
I'm looking for beauty in a new face
I've been looking
I've been looking
Just say what you mean
You can make a list of scenes
You'd like to act out with me
I kept you around
Thinking you'd keep me from falling down
But look how low I am now
Oh, just say what you mean
You can make a list of scenes
You'd like to act out with me
Well I kept you around
Thinking you'd keep me from falling down
But look, but look how low I am now
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5. |
Rough Women
05:18
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I keep falling for rough women, pierced lips and tattoos
Get me excited and leave me with bad news
Rough women don't need you, rough women won't feed you
A rough woman might love you, but not how you want to
All I wanted was to give my heart
To a rough, rough woman
Even though she'd never give her heart to me
I've been with nice girls, long walks and dress twirls
Nothing to beg for, no pain, no reward
Well maybe I'm just a soft man acting like I got rough hands
She'll see right through me, she knows where I've been
All I wanted was to give my heart
To a rough, rough woman
Even though she'd never give her heart to me
And she will take and take and take and take and take and take and take
And I will give myself to her and she will not reciprocate
And I will bend and bend and bend until I break
I'll keep falling for rough women 'til the day that I'm a dead man
It's not that I want to, it's just something that I'm drawn to
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Providence, NJ
04:10
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Sometimes I go to call him
But his number's been given
To some random stranger
Who don't care how my day's been
I'd say, "Dad, I'm a writer
I write to delay
This disease that you gave me
Where my head it stays in shadows
It stays in shadows"
Whatever I do, you're here too
I wrote him a letter:
"Dear Dad, I'm feeling better
I don't blame you much anymore
But it's not like I never
Think of you as a curse
That began when you left that hearse
We lowered you into the ground
And now everything runs in reverse
It runs in reverse"
Whatever I do, you're here too
Oh, now my phone's disconnected
My letter's not sent
Still I play out these conversations in my head
But my imagined responses
Are never as deep
As the songs he would sing to me, falling asleep
Whatever I do, you're here too
Whatever I do, you're here too
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7. |
Easy
03:36
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I was out drinking last night and I ran into you
Said some things that I regret and I'm sure you did too
Brought up some memories that we would both rather forget
Nothing I do seems to get your voice out of my head
Love, love, beat it out of me
I'm done trying to let it down easy
Thought I could get rid of you just by walking it off
Started when it was still summer and now there's a frost
Now I am hungry and cold and you're still on my mind
I walked for miles but I could not leave you behind
Love, love, beat it out of me
I'm done trying to let it down easy
Love, love, beat it out of me
I'm done trying to let it down easy
Break my bones until
Marrow starts to spill
Let the dogs run wild upon me
They can have their fill
Love, love, beat it out of me
I'm done trying to let it down easy
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8. |
New Arms
04:51
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It was inevitable I guess
That I would bear witness
To a new arm ‘round your shoulder
We're only getting older
I thought I'd be OK
Didn't think I'd get this way
But jealousy's the stronger man
Ruins all the best laid plans
Of course I love you
How could I not?
Saying, "no," on the corner in the rain
Was the adult choice I thought
He will brush the hair behind your ear
I will down the rest of my beer
And then I'll watch him drive you home
And I will be alone
Of course I love you
How could I not?
Saying, "no," on the corner in the rain
Was the adult choice I thought
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